Sweater.



L. D. MARSH.

SWEATER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4,1912.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

LESTER D. MARSH, OF MALJDEN, MASSACHUSETTS,

CGMPANY,

ASSIGNOR T0 YALE KNITTING OF MLDEN, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION 0E MASSACHUSETTS.

SWEATER.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application led .Tune 4, 1912. Serial No. 701,612.

To all cli/wm may concern.'

Be it known that I, LESTER D. MARsH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Malden, county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Sweaters, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to sweaters and particularly to sweaters of that type having a roll collar and revers secured to the collar and forming extensions thereof, which revers are adapted to be folded forwardly to close the opening at the throat.

rlhe main object of the invention is to provide a sweater of this type which will present a smooth surface on the inner face of the sweater body at the point where the edges of the revers are joined to the body of the sweater, so that when the sweater isv thrown open, the seam connecting the edges of the revers to the body of the sweater will present a neat and attractive appearance.

1n order to illustrate the principle of the invention l have shown in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof, but l wish to state at the outset that the invention is not limited to the precise construction shown.

Figure 1 is a front view of the sweater embodying my invention; Fig, 2 is a piece from which the revers and front edge of the sweater are made; Fig. 3 is a section on the line -x, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a sweater which is open at the front and which is provided with a roll collar 2 that is adapted to be turned down sailor-collar fashion, or is adapted to be turned up around the throat. The sweater body 1 and the collar 2 may be made in any suitable way as they do not form any part of the present invention. At each end of the collar 2is arevers 3, and in the present embodiment of my invention the lower end of each revers merges into an edging i which extends down the front of the sweater and forms the part to which the fastening devices are secured. These fastening devices may be of any suitable character. In the drawings I have shown them as buttons and buttonholes, and one of the edgngs has the buttons 5 sewed thereto, and the other has the buttonholes 6 formed therein.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel method of forming the revers and of attaching them to the body of the sweater so that the seam between the inner edge of the revers and the body of the sweater will be a smooth one which will not render the garment unsightly when the sweater is thrown open suliiciently to expose said seam.

ln making a sweater embodying my invention I form each revers from a piece of knitted goods having substantially the shape shown in Fig. 2, that is, this piece has the fashioned sclvage edge 7 and the opposite edge 8, which may be a cut or raw edge or a selvage edge as desired. Said piece is wider at the upper end, as shown at 9, than at the lower portion. The fashioned edge 7 eX- tends down to the point 10 where the revers merges into the edging l from which point to the lower end of the sweater the edge 11 which forms a continuation of the fashioned edge 7 is preferably a straight edge. In making the revers and securing it into the garment the edge 8 is sewed to the edge 12 of the body of the garment by suitable stitches 13, and then the piece forming the revers is folded over on itself so that the portion thereof adjacent the selvage edge 7, 11 overlies or covers the seam 13, and the fashioned selvage edge 7 and its continuation 11 occupy a position beyond or on the inside of the seam 13. This selvage edge 7, 11 is then secured to the inner face of the garment by stitches 15 or by a crocheting process as desired, but in any event, since the edge 7, 11 is a selvage edge, it can be laid fiat against the inner face of the body 1 and then secured thereto by the stitches 15 so as to produce a perfectly smooth seam which does not in any way detract from the appearance of the garment. lThe seam 13 is so formed that the face of the seam is on the outside of the garment and the back of the seam is on the inside. The back of the seam presents the inturned edges 8 and 12 which of themselves present a more of less unsightly appearance even if the edges are overcast, but by folding the revers so as to carry the selvage edge 7, 11 beyond the seam 13, the back face of the seam is covered so that when the garment is thrown open, as shown at the right in Fig. 1, the seam 13 does not show. By forming the revers with the fashioned selvage edge 7 it is possible to secure such selvage edge to the inner face of the garment so as to make a smooth linished face without the necessity of turning the edge in.

Knit goods such as sweaters have considerabl'e thickness and wherever an edge is turned in the eXtra thickness thus formed gives undesirable bulk to the seam and makes it more or less conspicuous, but by using the selvage edge 7, 11 and sewing it to the innergface of the garment, as shown', a smooth seam is provided which has no eXtra thickness'- and #which gives an attractive finished appearance.'

Having ully described my invention, what I claim as-new'and desire to secure by Letters Patent is knittedA goodsthatis ouniform width for mostsof its'length and iswider at one end and is fashioned on one edge to form a selvage edge, the opposite edge of said piece be ing sewed to the edge of the body of the garment to form a seam having its raw edge on the inner face of the body and said piece being folded inwardly back on itself to cover' the raw edge of the seam andwith the selvage edge located beyond the seam and overlying theinner face of the body of the garment and secured thereto whereby the line of union between said selvage edge and the inner face of the garment presents a smooth 'finish and the raw edge of the seam is entirely covered.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LESTER D. MARSH.

Witnesses:

LoUIs'C. SMITH, THOMAS J. DRUMMOND.

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